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Tips & GuidesHow To Unlock Saitama In The One Punch Man Game
One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows, a fighting game ostensibly about One Punch Man and pals, came out last week for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. You can play as all manner of fan favorites from the One Punch Man extended universe, including Silverfang, Metal Bat, Tank Top Tiger, and, of course, Mumen…
By Ari Notis Published March 6, 2020 -
UncategorizedThe Emerald City Comic Con taking place next week in Seattle, Washington has been postponed until the summer, the event’s organizers announced today. This news comes just five days after the company behind the convention, Reedpop, had previously said the event would take place as scheduled
By Ethan Gach Published March 6, 2020 -
ReviewsMultiplatformThe Division 2: Warlords Of New York: The Kotaku Review
When The Division 2 launched last March, the cover-based shooter set in a wrecked Washington, DC was received positively by fans and critics. Then things soured. Players who expected a game that would expand over time were disappointed by a lack of new content as well as balance changes that nerfed popular character builds. Months…
By Zack Zwiezen Published March 6, 2020 -
Culture‘Nintendo Play Station’ Sells At Auction For $360,000
A prototype of a never-produced video game machine colloquially known as the “Nintendo Play Station” has sold at auction for $360,000, setting a new record for the most expensive item of video game memorabilia ever publicly sold. Pop-culture auction house Heritage Auctions offered the device, the product of a short-lived collaboration between Nintendo and Sony,…
By Chris Kohler Published March 6, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsIn Afterparty, You Die As You Lived: Confused But Happy To Take A Beer
Afterparty, the latest from Oxenfree developer Night School Studio, is out October 29 (and rated M for Mature, like all the best night clubs). It’s a story-based adventure game written in the snarky spirit of its point-and-click predecessors, full to bursting both with witty one-liners and signs that the writers maybe got a smidge too…
By Natalie Degraffinried Published March 6, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsThere’s Not A Lot Of One-Punch Man In The One-Punch Man Game’s Story Mode, Thank Goodness
One-Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows is not a video game about uber-powerful anime sensation One-Punch Man. It’s the story of a player-created character operating in One-Punch Man’s orbit. The single-player story mode battles last much longer that way. In One-Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows’ three-on-three competitive fighting mode, Saitama (AKA One-Punch Man) takes…
By Mike Fahey Published March 6, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsBeing The One Human In A World Of Pokémon Is Pretty Cool
In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX, the enchanting remake of a pair of Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS games coming out this week for the Switch, the human player wakes up in a world populated by talking pocket monsters, reborn as one of their own. Living and working alongside Pokémon as an equal…
By Mike Fahey Published March 6, 2020 -
AnimeThe Digimon Adventure Reboot Is Looking Good
Announced back in January with a teaser trailer, Toei Animation has released a short but action-packed trailer for the new Digimon Adventure anime, showing Tai and his partner Agumon in action. It’s good stuff. The new series is a reboot of the Digimon franchise, wiping two decades of animated history to give fans a fresh,…
By Mike Fahey Published March 6, 2020 -
CultureOh Great, There’s A New Amnesia Game Coming Out This Fall
It’s been a decade since Frictional Games’ Amnesia: The Dark Descent arrived on the survival horror scene, filling YouTube and Twitch with the screams of terrified streamers. Due out this fall for PlayStation 4 and PC, Amnesia: Rebirth challenges players to stay calm in the face of unimaginable terror. The second sequel to Amnesia: The…
By Mike Fahey Published March 6, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Super Star (Live) | Artist: Tokyo Jihen | Album: Adult
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 6, 2020 -
UncategorizedThe Sonic the Hedgehog movie was originally scheduled to open on March 27 in Japan. However, due to the coronavirus, the movie’s Japanese release is being pushed back. The new release date is to be announced. In case you missed it, check out Kotaku’s review of the movie right here
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 6, 2020 -
CultureTurboGrafx-16 Mini Delayed Due To Coronavirus
The TurboGrafx-16 and PC Engine Minis were scheduled for release on March 19. However, due to the coronavirus (COVID-19), the miniature consoles will be delayed. The TurboGrafx-16 Mini is packed with nearly 50 games, including Dracula X, Bonk’s Revenge, Gradius and more. Konami announced that the coronavirus outbreak has interrupted production in China, which in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 6, 2020 -
CultureTwitchTwitch Streamer Suspended After Accidentally Firing Real Gun At His Monitor
A professional Call of Duty streamer who brandished a gun on stream and accidentally fired a round into his desk has been suspended from Twitch and dropped from his esports organization. Last night, during a livestream from inside his home, Call of Duty trickshot specialist and former FaZe Clan member Carl Riemer pulled out a…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 5, 2020 -
CultureMicrosoft, Bungie Enact Work-From-Home Policies In Response To Coronavirus [Update: Nintendo, Too]
The ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic has hit the video game industry in a major way, most notably resulting in the postponement of the Game Developers Conference last week. As a response to the virus spreading to Washington’s King County, Microsoft and Bungie, both of which have offices in the area, have decided to enact work-from-home…
By Ian Walker Published March 5, 2020 -
CultureEA Went Digging Through Old 90s Tapes Trying To Remaster Command & Conquer’s Cutscenes
The team behind the upcoming Command & Conquer remaster have posted a video that’s partly about the process behind cleaning up the 1995 original’s cutscenes. Mostly, though, it’s a fascinating look inside the archives at loads of dusty old tapes that are crammed with bonafide video game history. You’ll find the video below, in which…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 5, 2020 -
OpinionIf You Want To See Smash Bros.‘ Wildest Crossovers, Look To The Spirits
Just a few years ago, it would have been nonsense to think we’d see characters like Persona 5‘s protagonist Joker or Terry of Fatal Fury fame playable in Super Smash Bros. But Ultimate has far surpassed what we expect from Nintendo’s massively popular brawler. Look beyond the character select screen, though, and you’ll see that…
By Ian Walker Published March 5, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsBloodroots Is A Western Brawler Where Everything Is Your Weapon
I can’t remember the last time I hooted and/or hollered at a video game as much as I did during the first 15 minutes of Bloodroots It’s a fast, stylish brawler with one very cool hook: you don’t have a single weapon, you have everything. The game’s world is littered with swords, hammers and guns,…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 5, 2020 -
CultureHacker Discovers That God Of War Villain Gives You Secret Middle Finger
Sometimes, you’ve just gotta flip somebody off, even if they can’t see you. Maybe they cut you off in traffic. Maybe they took your spot in the parking lot. Maybe they did a third thing involving a car. Or, as is the case 99 percent of the time, perhaps they pushed you off a cliff.…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 5, 2020
